Is it just me, or has anyone else got the impression that Sam is a snivelling, sly, wheedling wretch ... oh Ruth, you got to tell 'im, Oh Ruth, it don't matter what anyone else thinks, Oh Ruth etc etc. I cringed with embarrassment when I heard the episode just after they'd got together. Sam's pathetic pleading and the pressure he was putting on Ruth to leave David and mess up her family life ~ well It just sounded like a teenager trying to get his leg over for the first time with a new girlfriend.
Proves that the show is really well written ~ I disliiked him so much I had to remind myself it's only a story!